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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jul 16, 1908
Page
12
Seened every Thursday from the office on Main St Russell Manitoba. JOSEPH McINTYRE listed in the publication with unclear details.
Hon Frank Oliver announces an amendment to the bill offering land bounty to volunteers who served in South Africa. The change covers volunteers who resided in Canada at enlistment and allows land grants or script in lieu, with death benefits through December 31 1991. The measure targets veterans in Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta.
A National Heritage says Mr W J Doig and Mr and Mrs Casitar attended the Quebec Centenary events. The programme notes Prince of Wales will arrive July 22 and July 24 plans call for publicly dedicating the Battlefields as a National Park. The aim is to foster unity and a shared Canadian heritage from Atlantic to Pacific.
Rev. F. W. Madonald argues that books influence more than living men, since most people rarely meet great minds. He asserts that the world’s wisest voices—Jytne, Butler, Wordworth—offer daily presence via their writings, making shelves a enduring company amid ordinary surroundings.
The piece argues the Civil War left lasting damage to the South with massive population and wealth losses and notes Northern pain from pensions and corruption. It cites historian Prot Alderman and World’s Work June article, urging never to repeat such calamity.
A report warns Manitoba authorities to act against James Sharpe and six followers marching with Winchester rifles. The piece notes alarm in communities as the group travels across Manitoba using a worn horse and threatens violence, urging provincial government to protect public safety and order.
Armed groups cross from Canada into a neighboring state the authorities are accused of failing to act. Gilbert Parker's Pierre and His People will be staged as Pierre of the Plains in the fall, the second Parker work to be adapted for the stage in a year. The Weavers is also under consideration as a play. A British pension bill for the poor passes first Commons reading, adding about 40 million dollars to annual government spending. Lords likely to block.
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